External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is in Bangladesh as part of her first official visit abroad after assuming office. Swaraj is scheduled to meet Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali first and will later meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Teesta water sharing and Land Boundary Agreement are on top of the Foreign Minister's agenda during this visit.

Sushma Swaraj speaks to Mamata Banerjee ahead of Bangladesh visitAhead of her visit to Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about the two-day trip. Swaraj's call assumes significance given that Banerjee's party Trinamool Congress prevented the previous Congress-led government from signing the Teesta water sharing deal with Bangladesh. Read more